Hamilton & Burlington, ON
One meter, multiple units — you're covering everyone's electricity. A clip-on device fixes that. No electrician, no permits, no wires cut. Each unit's usage on your phone the same day.
Tell me how many units you have. I'll tell you in 15 minutes if it works for your building.
You've got one hydro bill. Four units. One of them is running two space heaters all winter. You're paying for all of it and you can't prove anything.
Someone's working from home with three monitors. Someone else is gone 12 hours a day. Even splits are never even. Everyone ends up resentful.
Ontario caps rent increases. Hydro doesn't care about Ontario caps. Every year the gap between what you charge and what you actually pay gets wider.
This isn't a hypothetical. A landlord on the Mountain had a fourplex. His hydro was $680/month. Two tenants had electric space heaters going nonstop. He had no way to know until we put meters on. Turned out one unit was using almost half the building's electricity.
Yeah. Ontario Regulation 394/10 under the Electricity Act says you can install sub-meters and bill tenants for their own usage. Most landlords never look into it because they assume it's complicated or not allowed. It's neither.
Here's what you need:
Written notice to existing tenants
I give you the template, ready to go. You don't have to write anything.
A rent reduction for tenants who had hydro included
The regulation requires it. It's basically: you lower rent by roughly what hydro was costing per unit, and then they pay their own. You come out ahead because the heavy users were costing you way more than the average.
For new tenants
You just write the lease without included electricity. Done.
I walk you through the whole thing. It takes about 10 minutes to explain.
Takes 15 minutes. I check if your building's wiring lets me isolate each unit's circuit. Most buildings do. If yours doesn't, I'll tell you on the spot and you don't owe me anything.
The meter is a small clamp that goes around the wire — like a clothespin around a cable. I don't cut anything. I don't touch the conductor. Your tenants won't know I was there. Takes about an hour for a typical fourplex.
Same day. Each unit shows up on your phone. Hourly, daily, monthly usage. You'll finally know exactly what's happening in your building.
That's it. No electrician. No permits. No power shutoff. If you ever want to take the meters off, I unclip them and your panel looks exactly like it did before.
Your panel. One meter. You pay everything.
No idea who uses what.
Same panel. Small clamps added.
Each unit measured separately. Remove them anytime — zero trace.
Typical range is $300–$600 per unit depending on your panel. A fourplex usually runs $1,200–$2,000 total.
Most landlords make that back in 3–5 months.
I give you the exact number during the visit — before you decide anything. No surprise invoices, no add-ons.
I live in [your neighbourhood].
I started doing this after a friend with a fourplex showed me his hydro bills — he was losing over $500/month and didn't know it. The fix existed. Clip-on meters that measure each unit. But nobody around here was making it easy for landlords to actually get it done.
That's what I do. I'm not a big company. I do sub-metering for landlords in Hamilton and Burlington. I show up, I tell you if it works, and if it does, I install it.
If you Google me you're not going to find a corporate website with stock photos of people in hardhats. You're going to find this page and my WhatsApp number. That's on purpose.
Yes. Ontario Regulation 394/10 gives landlords the right to sub-meter and bill tenants for individual usage. You need to give proper notice — I provide the templates.
$300–$600 per unit depending on your panel layout. You get the exact price during the free visit. No surprises after.
For existing tenants with "electricity included," you give written notice and reduce rent by a corresponding amount. For new tenants, you just write the lease without included hydro. I give you the notice templates.
Duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhouse blocks, small apartments. If you've got 2+ units on one meter, it almost certainly works. The visit confirms it.
No. The meters clamp around the wire without touching it. Nothing gets cut or modified. No permits, no inspection, no licensed trade required.
The clip comes off. Your panel goes back to how it was. Nothing permanent — no holes, no rewiring. Takes minutes.
I tell you during the visit and you don't pay anything. Some panels aren't set up in a way that lets me isolate individual units. It happens. I'd rather tell you straight than waste your time.
Message me on WhatsApp. Tell me how many units you have and roughly where the property is. I'll set up a time to come look at your panel.
No contracts · No monthly fees · One-time install